“I’m sorry, Jamal! I love you so much!” “I don’t say anything but I embrace her. Then she says something that makes my jaw drop. “Promise I will be your only one! Promise it’s just a bit of fun with her! Promise you will never love another and I will be your only wife!”
“For God’s sake…”
“I know! I know I agreed, but I couldn’t take it!”
Her eyes well up and she looks at me like the most innocent little creature in the world. I caress her face and I would even kiss her but her outburst built a wall between us. I decide to mention her behavior to her father.
I peel her hands off me and go to the bedroom. She follows closely.
“When is she going home?”
I close my eyes because her words are hurtful. She is talking about Csilla, and her voice betrays everything, even acceptance. I can be
